California Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

California wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the California region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Lovers Point CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 W	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	15	6	15	13	14	15	14	8	9	14	10	11	14	14	7	14	8	13	15	13	12
Energy(?)	567	389	649	487	253	476	214	454	1595	1123	389	1019	802	244	172	240	285	878	3738	576	2276	2388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)				9:31PM 1.39	10:30AM 1.44		9:51PM 2.09			10:10PM 1.69	10:48AM 0.46		10:37PM 1.80			12:23AM 2.06	11:29AM 1.09				4:11PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			2:52PM 0.11	3:31AM 0.15		3:04PM -0.53	4:24AM 0.45			4:50AM -0.24		7:17PM 1.04					5:16AM -0.34	5:37PM 0.51		9:32AM -0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	16	16	1	6
High °C	13	29	17	16	11	27	12	27	11	16	26	12	17	20	11	12	14	10	9	14	11	9
Low °C	11	29	14	16	10	26	10	25	11	14	23	12	17	18	11	11	13	9	9	11	11	7
Chill °C (?)	11	29	16	14	10	27	10	27	7	14	26	10	16	20	9	11	12	7	8	12	9	6
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.4 SW	3.0 W	1.2 W	2.3 SW	3.0 W
Period (s)	6	15	16	10	8	14	15	14	14	13	14	10	11	14	8	7	8	15	13	8	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	5	13	15	12	9	12	5	18	17	10	14	14	5	14	15	14	11	14	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	2.1 WNW	1.2 NW	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	1.0 S	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	-	6	6	5	8	9	6	10	-	-	4	-	4	8	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Westport-The Corner Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 W	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	10	9	9	8	9	8	15	15	8	7	9	7	10	9	10	15	8	17	10	10	8
Energy(?)	459	1115	857	853	818	814	394	409	384	1095	769	2269	508	527	571	1302	226	1023	622	1307	1520	1164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	low	-
High Tide / height (m)						8:13AM 0.48				9:18PM 1.44								9:42PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				2:54AM 0.37												4:33PM 0.27					6:18AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	10	10	10	8	16	17	28	26	12	12	3	12	17	17	10	16	13	23	7	7	17
Chill °C (?)	29	8	10	10	8	15	17	28	26	11	11	3	12	16	16	9	16	12	23	4	7	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 W	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	9	9	8	9	9	16	15	15	7	7	9	7	15	14	10	15	7	17	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	14	16	13	5	10	13	13	14	14	12	10	14	6	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 W	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	-	2.3 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	4	10	9	9	8	9	8	5	5	8	7	9	7	10	9	10	-	8	5	-	-	8

	Monday 13	Tuesday 14
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Westport-The Corner Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	10	9	9	8	14	9	13	13	14	9	15	9	16	16	14	16	9	15	6	5	8
Energy(?)	415	675	381	416	750	494	389	406	409	567	640	292	496	578	574	310	306	814	389	470	318	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					9:50PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)										2:51AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	29	13	12	12	10	12	10	28	28	10	11	7	10	16	16	8	16	16	30	8	9	18
Chill °C (?)	29	11	10	10	8	10	10	28	28	9	10	3	9	15	15	6	16	16	30	3	5	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:38	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	9	9	14	10	9	13	13	6	9	8	9	10	10	8	7	9	15	7	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	18	14	14	18	14	14	16	16	10	14	15	14	16	16	14	16	16	5	11	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	4	10	4	4	8	6	5	5	5	6	6	4	-	5	5	-	-	9	-	6	5	8

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